Over the years, she has had to deal with two issues outside her control that have driven overtime spending — a rising jail population and not enough guards to staff the jail.

The county has finally been able to get the jail population under control, and county commissioners have been forced to fund more jail positions by state and federal regulators. As a result, overtime in the jails has fallen.

Overtime numbers for the first three months of the current fiscal year indicate that the trend is continuing. Jail overtime is continuing to drop significantly.